Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 607: The Road to Aurangzeb
Just as the Ming Dynasty was preparing to launch a large-scale attack on India in 1632, Aurangzeb, who had obtained Datar's memory, faced an embarrassing situation.
"Father, although I am still young, ever since you asked me to do things for you when I was eight years old, what have I not done well? My loyalty to you is beyond doubt. Please trust me just once! The Zhendan people in the northeast are about to launch a large-scale invasion of the empire! Please cheer up and lead us to prepare early!"
The emperor of the Mughal Empire at that time was Shah Jahan. He might have been wise and powerful in his early years, but now he was listless and his face was full of sadness. He looked impatient with Aurangzeb's generous advice.
"My son, what are you talking about? India and China have never had a large-scale conflict for thousands of years. How come there is a large-scale invasion all of a sudden? Your eldest brother has sent people to Yangon across the sea to check, and everything is normal. Your second brother also sent people to Ceylon to check, and although there are several Chinese warships there, with just a few warships, how can they invade a country like ours?
Look, your mother passed away, but you are not sad at all, and you think about war all day long. This really disappoints me."
"Father, how can a son not be sad about the death of mother? But, mother in heaven would not want to see you in such a state of grief, right? Please..."
"Okay, I'm very tired now. Please don't bother me with things that don't exist. Go back to your fiefdom. That Andhra Pradesh was the core area of the former Vijayanagar Kingdom. When you go there, you must treat the people there well, so that they can forget their homeland as soon as possible and be loyal to the empire. Three years later, I need your Andhra Pradesh to pay taxes to the empire."
Walking out of Shah Jahan's residence in Agra and looking at the bustling construction site of the Taj Mahal on the other side of the Yamuna River, Aurangzeb let out a long sigh of helplessness.
It goes without saying that an ancient person, especially an emperor who has made outstanding achievements in this plane and has had a significant impact on history, would be shocked when he learned about his future history.
Aurangzeb was only 13 years old when he killed Datar last year. After seeing his own ending in the original historical plane through Datar's memory, the young man fell into anxiety, depression and even madness for a while.
But, after all, he was a man of strong will and extraordinary talent. After a brief period of madness, he quickly recovered and threw himself into his new work with full fighting spirit: Come on, I, who know the future history, will defeat all the time travelers in this era and eliminate Hinduism in India!
However, although the flag was raised high, it was difficult to do it. As a reward for killing the enemy monarch, Shah Jahan appointed him as the king of Andhra Pradesh: This place is a good place. Datar also built some heavy factories here during his lifetime, which can independently manufacture steam engines, breech-loading rifles and smokeless gunpowder. Its coal and iron mines have also been mined, and the steel mill can produce 6,000 to 7,000 tons per year... However, this is the base camp of Hinduism. Not only are 95% of the people Hindus, but it has also fallen into chaos due to the destruction of the Brahmin and Kshatriya classes...
Of course, these problems were not difficult to solve in Aurangzeb's view: the Crescent Moon World was only slightly behind Europe, which had experienced the Renaissance and the Reformation, in the 17th century. Its advancement was far superior to that of Hinduism. The Mughal Empire was still on the rise at this time, and it was not a problem to transfer a large number of officials from the middle level of the empire to control Andhra Pradesh.
What troubled Aurangzeb the most were the letters from the other two time travelers.
In late January 1632, an urgent letter from Istanbul was delivered to Aurangzeb: Ibrahim, an Ottoman time traveler, urgently summoned talents proficient in Urdu in the country, and wrote the letter to him by telling it separately, with multiple people writing it, and he verified the key words with others and wrote it himself. It cost a lot of money to deliver it to Aurangzeb quickly.
In this letter, Ibrahim first expressed his heartfelt admiration for Aurangzeb's current achievements and achievements in the historical plane. Then he changed the subject and told him bluntly: My brother Xingyue, the Chinese time traveler is a ruthless character. After he knows that you have taken office, he will definitely strike you at a very fast speed and will never give you time to grow.
Then Ibrahim said: "Now that you understand this rule, you should know that the four of us are enemies. However , we should rank our enemies in order. We are all followers of the Prophet, and I think we should help each other. If God blesses us and we are the only two left, we will fight it out."
As for achieving our goal of being the only two left standing, the most urgent task right now is for you to withstand the fierce and violent attacks from the Chinese time traveler: On this point, as a former collaborator, I know the Chinese emperor quite well, so please do not take any chances.
In view of this, I am willing to provide you with support to the best of my ability. However, I am under great pressure from the increasingly integrated European Union. Therefore, the support I can provide is limited: two army divisions with the most advanced weapons and equipment, and a batch of weapons that can equip five divisions. If you agree with what I said above, please choose a port that you can fully control as soon as possible, and then I will have someone deliver it to you via the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean route.
Just two or three days after receiving Ibrahim's letter, Philip's letter also arrived: In order to write a letter in Urdu, Philip took a huge risk: there are not as many people who can speak Urdu in the EU as Osman, and the content is too concentrated, and the system may easily judge it as self-exposure.
As a historian, Philip showed much more enthusiasm for Aurangzeb, a famous monarch in the historical plane, than Ibrahim. After praising the "Great Emperor" in a cheesy way, Philip also said: China's foundation is really good. Although we are enemies, if we don't unite now, we will be eliminated one by one by the Chinese time traveler.
Besides, whether Europeans, Ottomans, or Indians, they are all Caucasians. At this time, the three of us should unite and defeat the yellow people first before we talk about other things.
Therefore, I am willing to do my best to support you. And I will also write to the Grand Vizier of Osman to promise that I will never attack Osman while he is supporting you, so that he can support you with greater force.
Of course, in view of the difference in beliefs between the two sides, I will not support your army. I will give you the equipment of ten divisions and send a fleet to support you: India is a peninsula, and if you don't have a navy, you are doomed to be attacked everywhere and unable to defend yourself.
So, if you are willing to accept my help, please find a good port on the west coast of the Indian peninsula: the Spanish navy is invincible, but in the past, when we went on a long expedition to the Philippines, our navy was forced to fight a battle before entering the port. As a result, the exhausted Royal Navy was defeated by the well-rested Chinese. So this time, we must have a port for rest, garrison and even maintenance before we can talk about other things...
After receiving these two letters, Aurangzeb quickly replied: I agree to form an alliance with you two and accept your valuable support. I will do my best to stop the invasion of the Aurora Emperor.
However, it is easier said than done. The biggest difficulty for Aurangzeb was that the Mughal Empire was still firmly in the hands of Shah Jahan at that time. Limited by the rule of not exposing himself, he could not convince his father to use the whole country's strength to deal with the invasion of China.
After getting Datar's memories, Aurangzeb knew that his father's will would be completely broken due to the death of his mother. He would also spend 40 million rupees to build the unparalleled Taj Mahal - but this process took more than ten years, and it was only in 1632 that the construction of the Taj Mahal began. Shah Jahan still had a firm control over the entire country.
Aurangzeb was very ashamed of his father's behavior of building the Taj Mahal at the cost of exhausting the national treasury: If you really loved your mother, you would not have asked her to give birth to 14 children for you in 18 years - which woman could withstand such torture? And now your mother has passed away, and you are so heartbroken, what were you doing before?
So, it’s really a bit sad: I already know that the country is about to face a huge crisis, but the monarch of this country has begun to become decadent, and I can’t tell the truth.
In addition to being unable to persuade his father, Aurangzeb also had a fatal flaw: in 1632, he was only fourteen years old. Although the talents he had shown since childhood had been recognized by those around him, he was still too young. He was young, had not accumulated enough experience, and there were not many talented people around him - and these talented people were not loyal enough.
Therefore, just like in the original plane of history, Aurangzeb only thought about killing his brother and imprisoning his father to obtain the throne, and then gave up: You know, in the original plane of history, the reason why he did such a thing and was still recognized by everyone was that Shah Jahan's decade of inaction and extravagance made the Mughal high-level officials abandon him. And now, Shah Jahan has just begun to decline, and the Mughal subjects not only have no intention of abandoning the current emperor, but also admire the emperor's infatuation... At this time, it is almost impossible to succeed in usurping the throne. And even if he succeeds, before he can effectively unify the country, the army of the Aurora people will come.
Therefore, after failing to persuade Shah Jahan for the last time, Aurangzeb had no choice. The only way was to go to Andhra Pradesh and accept the army and military equipment supported by Ibrahim and Philip. And in Mumbai on the west side of the Indian peninsula, make relevant preparations for the arrival of the Spanish fleet.
After that, it all depends on luck. If the Chinese land directly in Andhra Pradesh, then we will fight them until we die. If the Chinese land in the Ganges Delta near Dhaka and move westward along the Ganges, then we will temporarily stay in the southern part of the peninsula and let the central army of the empire go to the front. When the time is right, we will lead the Andhra Legion to attack from the side and rear of the Chinese and stab them in the back!
